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Physics Demos

Wesleyan University Dept. of Physics

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4A Thermal Properties of Matter

  • 4A10. Thermometry
    • 4A10.30 Thermocouple (lecture room size) Connect to galvanometer and heat or cool one end.
  • 4A20. Liquid Expansion
  • 4A30. Solid Expansion
  • 4A40. Properties of Materials at Low Temperature
  • 4A50. Liquid Helium
    • 4A50.50 Superleak Leakage through a fritted disk happens with helium I but not II.
    • 4A50.60 The Fountain Effect The fountain effect.
    • 4A50.70 Rolling Creeping Film A film of helium II creeps out of a dish.

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  • Home
    • 1 Mechanics
    • 2 Fluid Mechanics
    • 3 Oscillations and Waves
    • 4 Thermodynamics
      • 4A Thermal Properties of Matter
        • 4A10.30 Thermocouple (lecture room size)
        • 4A50.50 Superleak
        • 4A50.60 The Fountain Effect
        • 4A50.70 Rolling Creeping Film
      • 4B Heat and the First Law
      • 4C Change of State
      • 4D Kinetic Theory
      • 4E Gas Law
      • 4F Entropy and the Second Law
    • 5 Electricity and Magnetism
    • 6 Optics
    • 7 Modern Physics
    • 8 Astronomy
    • 9 Miscellaneous
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